The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-23
PARTISAN FURY.
ROW IN The new YORK SENATE.
lieut-6osernor Jones Treated TO Storm OF Repu5-
iican NOise-Threats OF Imprisonment All
Because OF Message from Gov
ernor Hill

tiiio lif iAttb9l
ing and disorderly scene of the present
session. During the session it was
rumored that Governor Hill. in
view of Wednesdays discus
sion over his withdrawal of
the nominations of Armstrong and
Buckbee, labor men, as Railroad Com
missioners, proposed to Withdraw the
nominations of Rogers and Baker and
send in again the names of Armstrong
and Buckbee.
Routine business was almost completed
shortly after IL o'clock. when Rains
(Rep.), of the Canandaigua District
moved to adjourn until next Monday
night. Senator Murphy, dem, of New
York, took the floor and declared that
the motion was made for the purpose of
escaping from a message from the Gov
ernor. He was authorized To state
that the Governor was ready
to withdraw the nominations of
Baker and Rodgers and send in again
the names of Armstrong and Buckbee to
give the Republicans a chance to prove
their sincerity and confirm these nOmina-
tions. This was the burden of Murphys
remarks which he reiterated for the
purpose. apparently, of consuming time.
COmstock, (Rep.), of the Troy District.
briefly denied that the Governor enter
tanned any such purpose. While he was
talking the Governors private secretary
appeared hastily on the scene at the rail.
Mnrr.hx- nalla1 ut 10 hi.
appearance. as proof of the truth of his
assertions. Colonel Rice, the Governors
private secretary with the Sergeant-at-
Arms then Appeared before the bar and
drew the message from his pocket.
DENOUNCED THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERN
Raines took the floor and insisted that
the roll call for an adjournment. which
was half finished, (the Republicans vot-
ing in the affirmative and the Democrats
in the negative). should he concluded.
The Chair ruled him out of order
Raines then proceeded to denOunce the
course of the Lieutenant-Gov as ar
bitrary and revolutionary. At these
words the Lieutenant Governor began
pounding with his gavel and the whole
chamber was in a turmoil. Raines CON
tinued speaking but the noise of the
gavel was so great that his voice was in
audible five feet away. The Republican
Senators shouted to Raines to proceed
and the Democrats called to Lieutenant
Governor Jones to stand firm. Colonel
Rice stood immOvable during the
uproar until Lieutenant Governor
Jones sent his clerk To- his
side. The clerk took the message,
the words of the clerk Il have the honor
to transmit a message from the Gov
ernor" being clearly audible above the
din.
LIEUT.-GOv JONES READS THE MESSAGE.
Lieut.-Gov. Jones held the message in
his hand. Pitts, Nedder. Raines. Fass-
sett and Hendricks Rep. began speak
ing. but no words could be- heard. Reach
ing the message to Deputy Clerk Ken
yon, Lieut.. Gov. Jones directed him to-
read il, but. evidently fearing it would
be seized, he retained it and himself be-
gan to read the message.
Hardly a word was audible as the
Republican Senators, during nearly the
whole proceeding. denounced the act.
rose to points of order and raised obiec-
tions, the Democrats meanwhile calling
on the Lieutenant-Governor to proceed.
When the reading was concluded the
Republicans began explaining their
votes. Nedder (Republican). of the
Chatauqua District, said: Il wish to say.
and | speak it in the name of the free
people of the State of New York that
here, in my place, denounce the action
taken by the presiding officer of this
Senate as wholly unwarranted. despotic
and arbitrary, and an outrage upon the
people of this State and upon the law.
and that it is a disgrace to- any legisIa-
tive body.
President--'The Senator is out of or
der and is not giving his reasons"
TALKS OF IMPEACHMENT.
Neider-''I ann giving my reasons. 1t
is the duty of the people of New York
to prefer articles of Impeachment against
the presiding officer of this Senate. and
To impeach him
Murphy-''Yo will have to 20 to the
Assembly for that
Vedder-''Certainly we will: but when
the power of the representatives of the
people of this State is thus usurped and
their rights denied them in this despotic
way. we can do nothing else to maintain
our dignity than that: and the people
will demand it aud they Will accept of
nothing short of that"
DENOUNCED A. UNFIT
Pitts of the Rochester District and
President of the Senate pro tent rt-
gret very much what has taken place.
in this Chamber this morning. We had
proceeded up to this time with such good
feeling. There had been such an evident
desire on the part of the Chair L. rule
fairly and courteously. | say that in the
history of legislative bodies no instance
can be found where. upon the calling Of
the roll. the presiding otficeE arbitrarily
and without any authority of law. either
parliamentary or otherwise. directed the
call To be suspended and from his place